Gaslight Books Catalogue 3: Historical Mysteries set in the UK
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THIS CATALOGUE features first editions of mysteries set in the United Kingdom roughly prior to World War II. Most books are from my own collection. I have listed any faults. A very common fault is browning of the paper used by one major publisher, which seems inevitable with most of their titles. Otherwise, unless stated, I would class most of the books as near fine in near fine dustcover and are first printings and not price-clipped. (Jan 27, 2015)
ALEXANDER, BRUCE (Bruce Alexander Cook 1932-2003) Blind Justice: A Sir John Fielding Mystery (First Edition) 1994 $25 Hardcover Falsely charged with theft in 1768 London, thirteen-year-old Jeremy Proctor finds his only hope in Sir John Fielding, the founder of the Bow Street Runners police force, who recruits young Jeremy in his mission to fight crime. First in series [New York: Putnam's, 1994] HM1 ALEXANDER, BRUCE The Price of Murder (First edition) (Signed) 2003 $30 Hardcover Investigating the death of a young girl whose body has been discovered in the Thames, blind eighteenth-century London judge Sir John Fielding and his sidekick Jeremy wonder about the girl's missing mother and follow clues to the racetrack, where they uncover a dangerous, high-stakes competition. Tenth in series [New York: Putnam's, 2003. Signed] HM2
BUCKLEY, FIONA (Valerie Anand) The Robsart Mystery (First Edition) 1997 $30 Hardcover September 1560, Robert Dudley's wife, Amy Robsart, is found at the bottom of the stairs with a broken neck. The Queen and Dudley are suspected. Impoverished young widow Ursula Blanchard had been ordered to protect Amy to safeguard the Queen's reputation, she failed, but she's not going to leave the mystery alone. First in series [London: Orion, 1997] HM3 CHISHOLM, P.F. (Patricia Finney) A Surfeit of Guns (First Edition) $20 Hardcover On the track of a stolen shipment of handguns, Sir Robert Carey crosses the dangerous Border to Dumfries and an encounter with King James VI of Scotland. He finds James and his courtiers more dissolute than ever, his lost love Elizabeth still shackled to her odious husband, and the seductive Emila Bonnetti more than willing to take her place. The Italian lady's real interest is guns, possibly for the rebels in Ireland. Third in series [London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. Pages browned] HM4 CLARE, ALYS Fortune Like the Moon: a Hawkenlye Mystery (First Edition) 1999 $25 Hardcover When a young nun is brutally murdered the people of Tonbridge are quick to blame the new king, Richard I. King Richard sends his old comrade Josse d'Acquin, who, together with Abbess Helwise of Historical Mysteries UK
Hawkenlye Abbey, soon peels back the facade of rural life in Kent, to discover the menace beneath. First in series [London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. Light browning to page edges] HM5 COOK, JUDITH Blood on the Borders (First Edition) 1999 $18 Hardcover May Day 1592 - after a night of revelry Dr Simon Foreman falls into bed exhausted and is woken to treat a man dying on his doorstep from a sword thrust. Next morning Simon is accused of harbouring enemies of the state and must undertake a spying mission to Edinburgh to prove his innocence. Third in series [London: Headline, 1999. Pages browned. Top of dustcover slightly crumpled. Near Fine in very good DJ] HM6 COX, MICHAEL (1948-2009) The Meaning of Night: a Confession (First Edition) 2006 $20 Hardcover A cold October night, 1854. In a dark passageway, an innocent man is stabbed to death. So begins the extraordinary story of Edward Glyver, booklover, scholar and murderer. [London, John Murray, 2006 Top front of DJ lightly scuffed] HM7
FARRINGTON, ROBERT The Killing of Richard the Third (First Edition) 1971 $15 Hardcover Henry Morane, Privy Clerk to the King's Secretary, undertakes several secret missions for King Richard III [New York: Scribner's, 1971. Slight tear on dust jacket on spine top. Spine slightly rolled.] HM16 FRAZER, MARGARET The Reeve's Tale (First Edition) 1999 $20 Hardcover In 1440 Sister Frevisse leaves her convent to investigate dirty deeds done in a neighbouring village, a village riddled with measles and sin. Frevisse must divide her time between nursing and sleuthing after two villagers are murdered. Ninth in series [New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 1999] HM17 GLEESON, JANET The Grenadillo Box (First Edition) 2002 $25 Hardcover When Lord Montford is discovered shot, sprawled on the floor of his newly completed library, his faithful hound dead at his feet, a mystery is uncovered, the answer to which has its origins thirty years in the past. Nathaniel Hopson, journeyman for Thomas Chippendale is the first on the scene. Within hours another body is discovered, that of Nathaniel's closest friend John Partridge, his hands badly mutilated. Nathaniel is set on a course as the reluctant detective, driven to discover the truth of his friend's mysterious death and his connection with the murder of Lord Mont ford. [London: Bantam Press, 2002. Very Good in VG dust jacket. Pages lightly browned] HM18 GLEESON, JANET The Serpent in the Garden (First Edition) 2003 $25 Hardcover Joshua Pope, a portrait painter, is interrupted one night by an unexpected visitor. He was once a witness to a series of events, beginning and ending in murder, twenty years previously when he had painted a wedding portrait of widowed landowner Herbert Bentwick and his new bride, Elinor Mercier. The mystery of those events had never been solved. Joshua's visitor believes that he holds the key that will finally unlock the truth. [London: Bantam Press, 2003. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. DJ slightly crumpled at top of spine. Pages lightly browned] HM19
GREGORY, SUSANNA A Deadly Brew (First Edition) 1998 $30 Hardcover Winter 1353 - an influx of people to Cambridge and torrential rain spreads fever to the poor, making travelling hazardous along the town's outlaw infested roads. When members of the University die from poisoned wine Matthew Bartholomew must determine whether it is a college conspiracy or a bad case of town versus gown. Fourth in series [London: Little, Brown, 1998] [Second copy $25 browning on top edge] HM20 + Copy 2 HM21 GREGORY, SUSANNA The Hand of Justice (First Edition) 2004 $30 Hardcover In Cambridge 1355 the colleges of the fledgling university are as much at odds with each other as they are with the ordinary townsfolk. This tension has recently been heightened by the return of two well-born murderers after receiving the King's pardon, showing no remorse but ready to confront those who helped convict them. And in the midst of this Bartholomew the physician is called to the local mill to examine two corpses. It is almost a relief to be able to turn his back on the fractious town, but as always in Cambridge nothing is unconnected. Tenth in series [London: Little, Brown, 2004] HM22 GREGORY, SUSANNA A Plague on Both Your Houses (First Edition Paperback Original) 1996 $15 Mass market paperback Introducing the young physician Matthew Bartholomew, tutor at Michaelhouse, one of the fledgling colleges of what will become
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Historical Mysteries UK the University of Cambridge. In 1348 the town is more interested in the wool trade than academe, and when the Master of the college dies, it is feared there is an "Oxford plot" to undermine the future of Cambridge. Then bubonic plague sweeps into the town and worries of conspiracy are swiftly replaced - but one body awaiting removal to the plague pit carries no sign of the disease. [London: Warner, 1996. Mass market paperback. First published as a paperback. Pages lightly browned] HM23
JAKEMAN, JANE Fool's Gold (First Edition) 1998 $25 Hardcover Elizabeth Anstruther has gone as companion to Lady Jesmond but within days of her arrival the family doctor is found poisoned to death. It soon becomes clear that the death was not suicide and Elizabeth knows the one person capable of solving this mystery is Lord Ambrose Malfine. Third in series [London: Headline, 1998. Pages browning. Edges slightly bumped.] HM25
Michael Jecks is known as “the master of the Medieval mystery” His main series follows the exploits of former Knight Templar Sir Baldwin Furnshill and bailiff Simon Puttock. His web site is http://www.michaeljecks.co.uk/ JECKS, MICHAEL The Abbot's Gibbet (First Edition) 1998 $30 Hardcover Sold Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Simon Puttock are guests of the Abbot Robert Champeaux at Tavistock's fair when a headless corpse is discovered by butcher Will Ruby. The Abbot asks Simon and Baldwin to investigate and, although the victim is unidentifiable, there is no shortage of suspicious behaviour to spur them on. Fifth in series [London: Headline, 1998. Spine slightly rolled. Pages lightly browned. Very Good in very good DJ] HM26 Sold JECKS, MICHAEL The Crediton Killings (First Edition) 1997 $30 Hardcover Sold Further investigations of Simon Puttock and Sir Baldwin Furnshill. Fourth in series [London: Headline, 1997. Pages lightly browning. Near Fine in near fine DJ] HM27 Sold JECKS, MICHAEL A Moorland Hanging (First Edition) 1996 $25 Hardcover Sold When a runaway villein turned king's tin miner is found hanging from a tree, bailiff Simon Puttock and former Knight Templar Sir Baldwin Furnshill must unravel the truth before further violence ensues. Third in series [London: Headline, 1996. Printing error with 2 pages mistrimmed and folded at bottom right hand side. Light browning to pages otherwise Very Good in near fine DJ] HM28 Sold JECKS, MICHAEL The Traitor of St Giles (First Edition) 2000 $25 Hardcover 1321. Sir Baldwin Furnshill and his friend Simon Puttock are attending Lord Hugh de Courtenay's castle for the St. Giles' feast, when a messenger arrives calling for them to view the body of Sir Gilbert of Carlisle, a trained warrior, whose horse and money are missing. Nearby is a second corpse, the body of self-confessed rapist Philip Dyne. Furnshill and Puttock are not satisfied with the Coroner's simple explanation. Ninth in series [London: Headline, 2000. Top edge of pages browning] HM29
KING, LAURIE R. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (US Edition; Seventh Printing) 1994 $15 Hardcover In his retirement, the great detective Sherlock Holmes grooms a young woman to follow in his footsteps. Fifteen year old Mary and the elderly beekeeper Holmes are led into a series of adventures which escalate in gravity until Holmes is in peril of his life. At the frightening climax, the maturing Mary proves herself a worthy partner and successor. First in series [New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. 7th printing] Web www.laurierking.com HM30 KING, LAURIE R. A Letter of Mary (First Edition) 1997 $20 Hardcover Sherlock Holmes and his wife, Mary Russell Holmes, investigate the supposedly accidental death of a friend, the discoverer of an explosive writing by Mary Magdalene. Third in series [New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. Edges of boards slightly rubbed; Dustcover edges slightly crumpled. Old price sticker on back] HM31 KING, LAURIE R. Locked Rooms (First Edition) 2005 $25 Hardcover Returning to her former home of San Francisco in 1924, Mary Russell and her husband, eminent detective Sherlock Holmes, are confronted by dark secrets of the past that continue to haunt Mary's dreams and by a mysterious stranger who could hold the key to unravelling the puzzle that has been tormenting her. Eighth in series [New York: Bantam, 2005] HM32 KING, LAURIE R. The Moor (First Edition) 1998 $25 Hardcover Married sleuths Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell revisit the scene of Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles to uncover the source of a centuries-old family curse, at the centre of which is Dartmoor, a great Devonshire moor. Fourth in series [New York: Thomas Dunne / St. Martin's, 1998. Old price sticker on back] HM33
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LAKE, DERYN Death in the Peerless Pool (First Edition) 1999 $30 Hardcover John Rawlings, apothecary and occasional sleuth, is relaxing at a popular swimming baths when he discovers a drowned woman, Hannah Rankin, an assistant from a nearby insane asylum. Assigned to the case by blind magistrate, Sir John Fielding, John must dig into the Hannah's past and the secrets of a sinister house in Bath. Fifth in series [London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. Slight tear on bottom right hand side of board. Very Good in near fine DJ.] HM35
LAURENCE, JANET Canaletto and the Case of the Westminster Bridge (First Edition) 1997 $20 Hardcover Canaletto's feet have barely touched English soil in 1746 when he narrowly escapes robbery and death. His saviour is Fanny Rooker, and William Pitt is also pleased to see him - and employ him - but not as a painter. But someone is out to kill him. Could this have anything to do with Westminster Bridge? First in series [London: Macmillan, 1997. Spine slightly rolled] HM37 LINSCOTT, GILLIAN Absent Friends (First Edition US) 1999 $15 Hardcover When Nell Bray decides, on behalf of a widow, to investigate the seemingly accidental death of a man blown up by a firecracker during peace celebrations, she must stand strong in her beliefs to get to the truth. Eighth in series [New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. First published in the UK. Some creasing to pages] HM38
LOVESEY, PETER Abracadaver (First Edition) 1972 $20 Hardcover Performers in music halls are being ridiculed, indifferent ways, with different disasters. Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray, begin to take an increasing interest. Then a murder is committed. Third in series [London: Macmillan, 1972. Remainder mark on inside front cover; whiteout used on old price; price-clipped; small tear in top back of DJ and DJ edges slightly worn] Web peterlovesey.com HM39 LOVESEY, PETER Invitation to a Dynamite Party (First Edition) 1974 $25 Hardcover The year is 1884 and the government and the police are deeply concerned about a series of bomb blasts in public buildings in London. Fifth in series. Published in the USA as “The Tick of Death” [London: Macmillan, 1974. Edges of DJ slightly worn] HM40 LOVESEY, PETER Wobble to Death (First Edition US) 1970 $25 Hardcover In London's Agricultural Hall in 1879 a motley group of marathon walkers will vie for the title of Champion Pedestrian of the World. The race will last six days and cover five hundred miles around and around the hall. As the contestants wobble and limp in circles they are overtaken by unexpected death. Sergeant Cribb must employ his considerable wits to solve the mystery. Author’s first novel and first in series [New York: Dodd, Mead, 1970. (First published in the UK) Dust cover scuffed; has non-removable old Gaslight Books barcode on back cover; tear in front upper right hand corner of DJ] HM43
MARSTON, EDWARD (Keith Miles) The Elephants of Norwich (First Edition) 2000 $40 Hardcover Sold The citizens of Norwich are fascinated when the robber baron Richard de Fontenel is himself the victim of a robbery. Missing are two priceless golden elephants de Fontenel was using to lure the beautiful Adelaide into marriage, as well as de Fontenel's steward, Hermer. Delchard and Bret are trying to adjudicate on a land dispute involving de Fontenel and Mauger (another also trying to woo Adelaide) but de Fontenel refuses to co-operate until the elephants are found. Eleventh in series [London: Headline, 2000. Light browning on page edges] www.edwardmarston.com HM44 Sold MARSTON, EDWARD The King's Evil (First Edition) 1999 $30 Hardcover After the Great Fire of London Christopher Redmayne, an architect with Cavalier instincts, and Jonathan Bale, a Puritan Constable, catch thieves stealing from Sir Ambrose Northcott's house. When Sir Ambrose is murdered they reluctantly join forces, overcoming their mutual antipathy to become an effective crime-fighting team. First in series. [London: Headline, 1999.] HM45
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PETERS, ELLIS (Edith Pargeter 1913-1995) Brother Cadfael’s Penance (2nd printing) 1994 $15 Hardcover In November 1145 Brother Cadfael sought leave to attend a reconciliation meeting between King Stephen and Empress Maud. It is hoped that the meeting will at least resolve the question of prisoners of war. For he has learned that among the prisoners held is one Olivier de Bretagne, his son. Twentieth and final in series. [London: Headline, 1994. 2nd printing. Top front dustcover crumpled at spine; small tear in upper right hand corner; spine slightly rolled; pages browning] HM47 PETERS, ELLIS The Heretic’s Apprentice (First Edition) 1989 Copy 1 Signed bookplate $30 Hardcover In the summer of 1143 two important visitors arrive at the abbey of St Peter and St Paul, one dead and one very much alive. William of Lythwood had come to be buried and it was the mission of his attendant Elave to carry out his master's wish. Sixteenth in series [London: Headline, 1989. Copy 1 has a signed bookplate laid in, spine slightly rolled, pages browning.] [Another copy First edition Hardcover has slight spine roll, page edge browning; not signed $20] HM48 Copy 2 HM49 SOLD PETERS, ELLIS The Hermit of Eyton Forest (First Edition) 1987 $25 Hardcover In 1142 ten-year-old Richard Ludel becomes the new lord of Eaton. A hermit, Cuthred, has taken up residence in Eyton Forest with a young companion, Hyacinth, who befriends Richard. Then the cruel Drogo Bosiet erupts on the scene, Richard disappears and a corpse is found in the forest. Brother Cadfael must put his experience to good use as he tracks down a ruthless killer. Fourteenth in series [London: Headline, 1987 Pages browning; small crumples to front and spine of DJ] HM50 PETERS, ELLIS The Holy Thief (First Edition) 1992 $25 Hardcover The abbey of Ramsey is returned to the Benedictine Order by the repentant and fatally wounded Earl of Essex, and as it is restored a robbery is revealed. So the stage is set for Brother Cadfael's nineteenth case, and before it is solved, to the crime of theft is added a murder. Nineteenth in series [London: Headline, 1992. Pages browning; old price sticker on back of DJ] HM51 PETERS, ELLIS The Potter’s Field (First Edition) 1989 Copy 1 $22 Hardcover ; Copies 2 + 3 $20 each Hardcover A long tress of Hair, still attached to a human head, is the grisly discovery that Brother Cadfael witnesses during the ploughing of the Potter's Field. The tenant potter had recently entered the Benedictine Abbey to become a monk, leaving behind a wife bitterly opposed to his departure. Rumour had it that the Welsh woman had returned to her homeland but the discovery of a corpse on Abbey land raises all sorts of questions for Brother Cadfael to solve. Seventeenth in series [London: Headline, 1989. Copy 1 page edges browning; Copy 2 has bookseller's stamp on front endpaper, page edges very browned, slight crumpling on top of dust jacket; Copy 3 has previous owner's name in ink on top of front endpaper, page edges browned] HM52 + Copy 2 HM53 + Copy 3 HM54 SOLD
PETERS, ELLIS The Summer of the Danes (First Edition) 1991 Copy 1 Signed $65 Hardcover In May 1144, an envoy comes from the Bishop of Lichfield to the Benedictine Abbey in Shrewsbury requesting the services of Brother Cadfael as his interpreter on a journey to the Welsh diocese of Saint Asaph. At the royal seat of Aber, they learn that a Danish mercenary fleet has been sighted approaching the Menai Strait, and as if that were not enough a young girl goes missing and a corpse is discovered. Eighteenth in series [London: Headline, 1991. Signed on title page. (Obtained from Murder One in London)] [Another copy First edition $25 Hardcover Page edges browning; not signed] HM56 + Copy 2 HM57 PETERS, ELLIS The Trinity Cat and Other Mysteries (First Edition) 2006 $45 Hardcover Edited by Martin Edwards and Sue Feder. Collection of short stories [Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 2006 New] HM58
Non-fiction about the series: Edited by Anne K. Kaler. Cordially Yours, Brother Cadfael. 1998 $20 trade paperback Collection of essays about the series [Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1998 New] HM59 SOLD Rob Talbot & Robin Whiteman. Brother Cadfael’s Herb Garden: an Illustrated Companion to Medieval Plants and Their Uses 1996 $45 Hardcover
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Illustrated with colour photographs. [London: Little, Brown, 1996] HM60 Rob Talbot & Robin Whiteman. Cadfael Country: Shropshire & The Welsh Border 1990 $30 Hardcover Introduction by Ellis Peters. Illustrated with colour photographs. Landscapes, buildings and other landmarks depicted in the Cadfael stories. 192 pages [London: Macdonald, 1990. Old price sticker on back DJ. Back endpaper starting to break from the board] HM61 Robin Whiteman. The Cadfael Companion: the World of Brother Cadfael 1991 $40 each Hardcover Two copies available Introduction by Ellis Peters. Concordance to the first 18 books in the series. 392 pages [London: Macdonald, 1991] HM62 + HM63 SOLD Robin Whiteman. The Cadfael Companion: the World of Brother Cadfael Fully revised and Updated 1995 $40 Hardcover Introduction by Ellis Peters reprinted from the first edition. Concordance to the 20 books in the series. 412 pages [London: Little, Brown, 1995, light smudge marks on page edges] HM64
ROWE, ROSEMARY The Legatus Mystery (First Edition) 2003 $40 Hardcover The body of a visiting ambassador from Rome is discovered in the temple of the Imperial cult in Glevum. Once again Libertus is called upon to investigate. Fifth in series [London: Headline, 2003] HM68
SEDLEY, KATE (Brenda Margaret Lilian Honeyman Clarke) The Brothers of Glastonbury (First Edition) 1997 $30 Hardcover At the request of the Duke of Clarence, Roger, the travelling chapman, accompanies a young bride to meet her betrothed. When he delivers her, the bridegroom has vanished, shortly followed by his brother. Roger links the disappearance to an ancient manuscript written in a strange language. Seventh in series [London: Headline, 1997. Pages lightly browned] HM69 SEDLEY, KATE Death and the Chapman (First Edition) 1991 $40 Hardcover In fifteenth-century England, a nineteen-year-old itinerant peddler named Roger the Chapman investigates the disappearance of an alderman's son and embarks on an adventure that takes him from country roads to grand mansions. First in series [London: Collins Crime, 1991. Bottom of spine jacket crumpled; slight tear in jacket at top of spine] HM70 SEDLEY, KATE The Eve of St Hyacinth (First Edition) 1995 $45 Hardcover In 1475 when King Edward IV is about to invade France, Roger learns of a plot to kill Richard of Gloucester and tries to discover who is behind it. Fifth in series [London: Headline, 1995. Pages lightly browned] HM71
SEDLEY, KATE The Holy Innocents (First Edition) 1994 $30 Hardcover Medieval amateur sleuth Roger the Chapman returns in a mystery involving the murders of two children and becomes deeply embroiled in the case when he stays in the house from which they had disappeared. Fourth in series. [London: Headline, 1994. Top of page edges lightly browned] HM72 SEDLEY, KATE The Plymouth Cloak (First Edition) 1992 $30 Hardcover Roger the Chapman has been royally commanded to escort a King's messenger who is carrying a vital despatch aboard his ship in Plymouth. When the messenger is murdered, he is appalled to find himself the chief suspect in a world of double-dealing, past sins and political chicanery. Second in series [London: Crime Club, 1992. Remainder mark on bottom] HM73 SEDLEY, KATE The Saint John’s Fern (First Edition) 1999 $30 Hardcover Roger the Chapman visits his daughter Joanna and is told of the brutal death of her neighbour, Master Capstick. Joanna saw Capstick's nephew, Beric, leave the house stained with blood. Somehow he has vanished completely and the locals blame witchcraft, for if a man eats St John's Fern it will make him invisible. Ninth in series [London: Headline, 1999. Old price sticker on back of DJ] HM74
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SEDLEY, KATE The Wicked Winter (First Edition) 1996 $30 Hardcover Roger the Chapman meets an itinerant preacher, Brother Simeon, and, wearied by his zeal, is less than impressed that Simeon is also to stay at Cederwell Manor to pray with Lady Cederwell while Roger is to sell her his wares. But the lady is dead and friar and chapman unite to find the truth of her demise. Sixth in series [London: Headline, 1996 Page edges lightly browned] HM75
STEPHEN, MARTIN The Desperate Remedy (First Edition) 2002 $20 Hardcover When one of his most valuable informers from the underworld is brutally murdered, Jacobean England gentleman spy Henry Gresham investigates the private life of Sir Francis Bacon and uncovers an audacious plot involving Catholic lords and Parliament. First in series [London: Little, Brown, 2002. Page edges browned] HM76
Peter Tremayne is the pseudonym of Celtic scholar Peter Beresford Ellis. His main series features Sister Fidelma and according to his web site he started to write the Sister Fidelma mysteries as short stories in 1993 merely to illustrate how the Brehon laws worked and how a woman could be an advocate of the law system in 7th Century Ireland. His web site is www.sisterfidelma.com
TREMAYNE, PETER The Haunted Abbot (First Edition) 2002 $25 Hardcover Sister Fidelma and Brother Eadwulf were making a journey to the village of Seaxmund's Ham where Eadwulf had grown up. But a message from his friend, Brother Botulf, finds them making an unexpected detour to the nearby Aldred's Abbey. But they arrive to find Botulf has been killed. It soon becomes clear that this murder is not the only trouble facing the abbey. There is also the ghost of a young woman haunting the cloister shadows, a woman some say bears a startling likeness to the Abbot Cild's dead wife. Twelfth in series [London: Headline, 2002] HM77 TREMAYNE, PETER The Monk Who Vanished (First Edition) 1999 $30 Hardcover Calamity has struck the Abbey of Imleach, an elderly monk has disappeared and the holy relics of St Ailbe have vanished. Sister Fidelma and Brother Eadulf are asked to investigate and discover a conspiracy in which the perpetrators will stop at nothing -even murder - to succeed. Seventh in series [London: Headline, 1999. Dust jacket slightly crumpled on front right hand side] HM78 TREMAYNE, PETER Smoke in the Wind (First Edition) 2001 $20 Hardcover Sister Fidelma and Brother Eadulf are on their way to visit the new Archbishop of Canterbury, when their ship is blown off course and they land on the coast of the Welsh kingdom of Dyfed. They are given hospitality by King Gwlyddien and Abbot Tryffin of the Abbey of Dewi Sant, and are asked if they would help to solve the mystery of how the entire monastic community of the Abbey, including the King's eldest son, could vanish into thin air. It's not long before the trail leads to deaths and treachery in high places. Eleventh in series [London: Headline, 2001. Edges of pages browning; some pages have been folded at the corner] HM79 TREMAYNE, PETER The Subtle Serpent (First Edition) 1996 $30 Hardcover The discovery of a headless corpse in a well launches Sister Fidelma on a search for a killer, but the Irish sleuth soon finds her investigation plagued by vicious gossip and the disappearance of an entire ship's crew. Fourth in series [London: Headline, 1996] HM81 TREMAYNE, PETER Valley of the Shadow (First Edition) 1998 $30 Hardcover Sister Fidelma on a mission to gain permission to build a church and school in Gleann Geis discovers the naked, slain bodies of 33 young men, placed in a sun-wise circle. Who is responsible for this evil, if not the heathens of the 'forbidden valley'? Sixth in series [London: Headline,1998. Page edges browning] HM83
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